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minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 days agoI’m with you. I mean I agree with their sentiment and I think AOC is the same as the rest. She is after all a part of the machine. That said, it’s worth distinguishing the difference between trust and hope. I always hope.
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days ago Hope, in reality, is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. Friedrich Nietzsche
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoAnd what is the alternative? Wallow in regret?
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoI don’t regret any of my decisions to not support them.
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoAh so more nihilism. I get it then. Sorry I was assuming different. If you’ve checked out you’ve checked out. It sucks but I get it.
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoYou confuse nihilism for refusing to vote against my self interests. By that standard a Democrat refusing to vote Republican is nihilism. Society can’t change if people keep supporting those fighting to keep things the same
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoDon’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoThe oligarchy is the enemy of good
I’m with you. I mean I agree with their sentiment and I think AOC is the same as the rest. She is after all a part of the machine.
That said, it’s worth distinguishing the difference between trust and hope. I always hope.
And what is the alternative? Wallow in regret?
I don’t regret any of my decisions to not support them.
Ah so more nihilism. I get it then. Sorry I was assuming different. If you’ve checked out you’ve checked out. It sucks but I get it.
You confuse nihilism for refusing to vote against my self interests. By that standard a Democrat refusing to vote Republican is nihilism.
Society can’t change if people keep supporting those fighting to keep things the same
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
The oligarchy is the enemy of good